Warehouse Supervisor

The Warehouse Supervisor directs all the warehousing activities for the organization and inventory of goods.

COMPETENCIES

• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Budget and Cost Control
• Productivity
• Managing for results

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, but are not limited to:

• Is punctual, on time, and adheres to company attendance policies.
• Performs job functions in adherence to safety instructions and rules. Does not perform any job, duty, or function employee has not been trained for.
• Follows job-specific instructions and rules.
• Meets and exceeds qualitative and quantitative performance standards as established by management.
• Other reasonably related functions to the position may be assigned by the management team.
• Has functional literacy and oral communication skills in English.
• Has the ability to function under highly stressful conditions and interact cordially with co-workers to accomplish common tasks.
• Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
• Provides training for employees as required.
• Plans and schedules all warehouse activities including receiving, storing, shipping, handling returned/damaged goods, and administrative activities to
• Ensures external and internal customer requirements are met in an efficient manner.
• Implements and maintains material handling preventative maintenance programs, ensuring effective equipment utilization and safety measures are in place.
• Leads implementation of process and technology improvements (cycle counting, order picking, shipping and receiving), including cost, quality and safety recommendations for changes and/or improvements.
• Ensures self and staff development, and training in functional and safety areas as well as promoting and evaluating the success of cross-training in a cross-functional department.
• Develops procedures to ensure the efficient operation and utilization of all warehouse equipment.
• Develops and manages housekeeping programs in the warehouse.
• Promptly addresses safety issues and ensures regulatory compliance with OSHA standards.
• Assures that customer orders are picked and shipped timely, accurately, and within prescribed customer requirements.
• Controls and directs all transportation into and out of the warehouse to meet company time constraints while meeting GMP and safety requirements.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local laws in maintaining the sanitation, cleanliness, and organization of the warehouse, storeroom, freezers, coolers, company vehicles, and equipment.
• Ensures proper completion of pre-op inspection reports and checklists. Ensures proper temperatures all freezers and coolers. Regularly inspects, cares for and maintains company vehicles and motorized material handling equipment.
• Operates lift trucks, forklifts, scissor lift, and motorized pallet jacks while observing standard lift truck operation and enforcing safety rules.
• Participates in hiring and performance evaluation of associates.
• Oversees and participates, as necessary, in all incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure location, accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipment, and in observance of company policies, procedures, and safety precautions.
• Studies shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, delivery receipts, orders and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
• Ensures proper coordination and documentation of parcels for mailing including the completion of daily shipping logs.
• Controls inventory accuracy of ingredients, products, materials and supplies by participating in monthly physical inventories/cycle count program and maintaining/documenting inventory records.
• Verifies clerical computations against physical count of stock and helps adjust errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies.
• Ensures proper usage of raw materials by rotating inventory according to FIFO methodology.
• Communicates regularly with management, other supervisory personnel, and warehouse staff to ensure coordination of warehouse activities with activities of other functions such as…